A very interesting video, more for the attitude of the assistant than the obvious attempts of the politician to avoid answering…
Scottish Politics
The Scottish Independence Podcast 139 – Billy Kay
Did you know that it isn’t only Scotland that has “the cringe”? They have it in other places too, it just goes by a different name.
For the 139th (sort of) episode of the Scottish Independence Podcast I spoke with Billy Kay, and the above is only one of the subjects we talked about.
Billy has for years been writing, broadcasting and producing material on Scottish Culture and Scots language, for the BBC and internationally, and is often to be seen giving talks around the country. He also currently has a show you can listen to on the iplayer… Scotland’s Black History.
I asked him to come on because he is one of the best qualified people to talk about the importance of building confidence in Scottish culture, and how that plays into the campaign for Scottish Indepence.
At the end of the episode there is also a little Robert-the-Brucie bonus, which regards this.
Hope you enjoy.
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Frankie Boyle on JK Rowling
This was tweeted by someone this morning but has actually been on youtube for over a year.
It’s short and to the point…
The Likely News – One – 5th May 2017
5th May 2017 –
Glasgow City Chambers and the surrounding area has been cordoned off for reasons of public safety.
The drama began early this morning. After emerging victorious in the Council elections and winning control of Glasgow City Council, new SNP councillors entered the City Chambers and began to look at files previously unavailable to them relating to decisions and deals made by the city council over the last 60 years.
After the container which held the files was opened, a loud bang was heard, followed by otherwordly screams. Jim Murphy, 50, unemployed, was in George Square at the time and described the scene.
It was as if all the demons of hell* had been let loose and all the terrors of the past had come out to get us.
People fled the scene as cars swerved and there were collisions in the confusion.
As yet there is no footage from inside the City Chambers as the police are denying access, however, local artist Clip Part has provided a pair of sketches based on eyewitness accounts..
David Torrance was available for comment.
*(Hell does not actually exist)
Who’s On First (Minister)?
There seems to be a weird tendency at the moment to portay Ruth Davidson as if she actually were the First Minister.
In case you missed that story, that was the leader of the 2nd largest party, which does not form part of a pro-independence majority in the parliament,”ORDERING” the First Minister, who leads a pro-independence majority, to forget about something that the parties most people voted for support.
It doesn’t stop with the Daily Express though. Other outlets seem to go with the same tone, that being that Davidson is somehow capable of ordering anyone to be doing anything.
Therefore, I think it is important in the interests of clarity to lay out some of the rules…
- Ruth Davidson is currently not in a position where she is able to order the First Minister around.
- Her policy pronouncements do not need to be followed by anyone.
- The recommendations of any “teams”or “expert groups” that she puts together do not need to be followed.
The electorate said no to Davidson’s party at the last (and well, every) Scottish Parliament election. However, they will get another chance the next time around, that is called democracy.
In fact, that is very much like the referendum question. Scotland said no to independence in 2014, but things have changed, and we will get another chance.
So Adam Tomkins perhaps should realise that the electorate said No to having Ruth Davidson make any decisions or give any orders to anyone. But just like the Independence referendum, things will change for better or worse in the next few years and the Tories will get another chance.
Adam Tomkins was, of course, speaking (freely) in his capacity as an elected (not directly) member of the second largest party of the non-governing group in a democratically elected parliament in which no one party has an overall majority.
The Scottish Independence Podcast 133 – Tommy Sheppard MP
The next referendum will be won in the years from now forward, rather than the months running up to it.
For the 133rd episode of The Scottish Independence Podcast, I spoke with Tommy Sheppard, MP for Edinburgh East.
Tommy has been involved in politics in Scotland and the UK for a number of years in a number of different ways and as I’m sure you all know, is now standing to become the Deputy Leader of the SNP.
We talked about Tommy’s earlier political activities and how he arrived at where he is now. We also got on to what, if elected (or even if not), he would like to see change within the SNP.
Finally, as ever with a first-time guest, I asked Tommy why he personally supports Scottish Independence.
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The Scottish Independence Podcast 132 – Danny McGregor
For the 132nd episode of The Scottish Independence Podcast, I got in touch with Danny McGregor.
Danny is a member of the Scottish Greens and is campaigning for Indyref 2. He also recently wrote an article for Bella Caledonia in which he talked about the various possibilities for the timing of the second independence referendum. There are those that think we have to seize the moment of uncertainty that exists now. Others suggest that we have to wait until the polls are steadily showing a large lead for yes.
These are difficult options to juggle, and they were the main focus of our discussion.
Also, if you remember episode 129 in which I interviewed lots of people at the March for Indy, I found some interviews that were accidentally not included in that special episode (they were in a different folder), and wanted to put them on one of the shows, so they are in this one. Those interviews include one Bob Duncan, who you may know from BBC Scotlandshire.
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